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SHELTER FOR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS WITH TERMINAL ILLNESS

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Through a generous arrangement with the Denver Rescue Mission, we have moved in to two rooms at The Crossing on Smith Road.

    Our mission is to offer dignity to our Denver-area neighbors with terminal illness - who lack the shelter of a home - by providing a stable, appropriate environment for hospice agencies to deliver care.  

    Recent Media Coverage

    Rocky Mountain PBS

    Rocky Mountain PBS

    Rocky Mountain PBS

    "Rocky Mountain Refuge helps unhoused Coloradans find peace in the face of death"


    Rocky Mountain PBS | Lindsey Ford, Dana Knowles 

    March 8, 2023

    303 Magazine

    Rocky Mountain PBS

    Rocky Mountain PBS

    Rocky Mountain Refuge Provides Hospice Care for Unhoused- 303Magazine, September 12, 2022

    "Rocky Mountain Refuge Provides Hospice Care for Unhoused"


    303Magazine | Ellie Sullum 

    September 12, 2022

    Denver7

    Westword

    Westword

    Hospital bed with quilt and side table

    "Shelter in Denver offering end-of-life care to those experiencing homelessness"


    Denver7 | Rob Harris 

    March 11, 2022

    Westword

    Westword

    Westword

    People preparing a bed for new resident.

    "Rocky Mountain Refuge Linking Homeless to Hospice Care"


    Westword | Conor McCormick-Cavanagh 

    March 3, 2022

    Jim's Story

    Park Bench with Flowers

    “Jim” was a regular guest at the day shelter where I was working. He was a pleasant guy, a Vietnam veteran in his 70s and a fixture in the homeless community—one of those guys everyone knows and everyone seems to like.


    I had a fair amount of contact with Jim. He always had some material need he was hoping to have fulfilled by the shelter. Usually there wasn’t much I could do for him, but he was fun to talk to and he seemed to need a listening ear as much as anything.


    He was a frequent flier at the nearby hospital where they’d check him in for an afternoon or maybe overnight and check him out in basically the same state he was in before his visit. 


    • Truth be told, anyone who cared to pay attention could tell Jim was dying. We knew it. The hospital knew it. Jim knew it. But there was nowhere for him to go.


    One morning a couple of Jim’s friends came in and said they found him dead by his cart on the side of the road not far from the overpass where they camped. It wasn’t a surprise but it was still a tragedy. Jim saw death coming for him. 


    Jim died with dignity because he lived with dignity. But he deserved to die in a bed, with a blanket over his body, a roof over his head, and someone to care for his hurts and listen to his fears. But without a place for that care to be given, Jim died in the place he knew best: on the side of the road, next to his cart, alone. 


    We owe it to Jim to do better for people like him, who deserve the same care Jim deserved, the same care all of us deserve at the end of our life.


    Logan Robinson, Pastor/Director, AfterHours Denver


    Partner Agencies

    Providing services alongside Rocky Mountain Refuge

    Supporting Partner Organizations

    Providing grants and in-kind support

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    We're glad you've stopped by to learn about our project! 

    We hope you will catch the same passion we have!

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    Copyright © 2019-2023 Lazarus Gate dba Rocky Mountain Refuge for End of Life Care - All Rights Reserved.


    Rocky Mountain Refuge for End of Life Care is a Colorado Non-Profit Corporation offering shelter for end-of-life care regardless of a person's race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status. 


    Federal 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization, Tax ID #83-3159392


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